Bulgarian mountaineer Boyan Petrov summited Dhaulagiri without Oxygen

Dream Wanderlust | Oct 2 , 2017

Bulgarian mountaineer Boyan Petrov (44) reached the summit of Mt. Dhaulagiri (8167m) on 29 September 2017 at 01:00 pm without oxygen. Earlier in this season, 78-year-old veteran climber Carlos Soria abandoned his attempt to summit Dhaulagiri. Petrov also tried to attempt Dhaulagiri 10 days ago with the Spaniards but missed it. Boyan has been the only summitter of Dhaulagiri till date in this Autumn season. With this he completed his 10th eight thousand climb. He completed the summits without the help of supplementary oxygen. His all eight thousanders summit details are as follows -

Gasherbrum I (8080m) - 2009
Kangchenjunga (8586m) - 2014
Broad Peak (8051m) - 2014
K2 (8611m) - 2014
Manaslu (8156m) - 2015
Annapurna I (8091m) - 2016
Makalu (8481m) - 2016
Nanga Parbat (8126m) - 2016
Gasherbrum II (8035m) - 2017
Dhaulagiri (8167m) - 2017

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The news is confirmed by Mingma Sherpa, the Managing Director of Seven Summit Treks.